For all the details regarding the Ogden Marathon please visit www.ogdenmarathon.com For further questions please call the GOAL Foundation at 801-399-1773. 

After 3 months of Winter Racing Circuit running, we have our male and female champions:  Ben VanBeekum (male) & Genevieve Keogh (female).  I need to verify it, but I believe Ben set new course records in 4 of the 5 races.  The blogger(s) and Salt Lake runners better be ready cause Ben's "in it to win it" too at Ogden this year.  

Congratulations to Ben & Genevieve! 

Thanks again to everybody who came out and ran or volunteered at the Winter Racing Circuit this year.  If you finished all 5 races we have a finisher's certificate for you.    Those certificates will be available at the Ogden Marathon Expo on May 14^th in the Striders booth.  If you can't get it at the expo, we'll have them available at Striders afterwards.  If you placed in the top 3 in your age & gender division in the cumulative results of the WRC and didn't get your medal, those are available at Striders.

If you're looking for a fun little run this weekend, we'll be at the Ogden Nature Center Fly with the Flock 5K, Saturday, May 8^th at 8:00am. The course traverses along the Nature Center's trails around the perimeter of the property.  It's like the Garden of Eden of Ogden City -- lots of wildlife to look at on a shaded trail.  After the run, the Nature Center will treat you to a full pancake breakfast, which by itself is worth the registration fee.  Bring the whole family.  Last minute registration is from 6:30am -- 7:30am on race day at the Nature Center entrance.  T-shirts and goodie bags are guaranteed for the first 250 participants.  The Nature Center is located at 966 W. 12^th Street in Ogden.  More details at www.ogdennaturecenter.org

Here's a recap of some races coming up:

Registration is open for the Memorial Day Classic Half-Marathon, 5K & Kids Mile on May 31st.  The Half starts at 6:45am, the 5K at 7am and the Kids Mile at 7:30am. The races will take place in Syracuse at the Jensen Nature Park on Bluff Road.  Registration forms are available at Striders or online at www.stridersrunning.com You can also register at Active.com through a link at Stridersrunning.com.  Awards will be given out to age and division winners and overall winners.  Every participant in the Kids Mile will receive a medal. Course maps are here:

Half-Marathon:  http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=212186

5K:  http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=123406

The Memorial Day Classic is a benefit event for the No More Victims Foundation. 

The Northern Utah Trail Series (NUTS) is on -- www.northenutahtrailseries.com  The organizers have had a rough go of it trying to get approval to stage these races, so let's give them some support.  If you competed in the Buffalo Run you're already participating in the NUT-Series. Here are the remaining races:

July 17^th -- Half-Marathon (Ogden Shoreline trail at Rainbow Gardens)

Sept. 18^th -- Ogden Shoreline Trail Marathon (Rainbow Gardens)

Our favorite 5K of the year -- The Gerald Anderson Memorial 5K -- is scheduled for June 12^th in Morgan.  Registration is available at Striders or online at www.runnercard.com

Registration is now open for CRAZY BOB's BAIRGUTSMAN. Go to STRIDERS or www.stridersruning.com  The race is scheduled for August 7^th at 6am.

There's no race information (or any useful information really) and you shouldn't go there if you're easily offended, a big Tom Cruise fan, loved the 80's, think the Boston Marathon is the best race on the planet or have read Born to Run more than once and believe it's "THE" running bible -- www.crazybobcrazybob.com  If you visit the website when you know you shouldn't have, then we warned you.  Be mad just don't be mad at us. 

Oct. 9^th -- Layton Marathon www.laytonmarathon.com

We'll see you sooner than later.

Thanks,

John & Kristin